Photo credit: Mike Brooks The dust and glitter are settling. The artwork has been auctioned, the warehouse is being emptied, the clean-up and aftermath have begun. On Saturday, November 16, our largest, most successful Art Con ever took place. Dallas turned out in droves —…

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally upon us. In just a few short hours, the warehouse Art Conspiracy has selected for Art Con 9 at 500 Singleton Blvd will open its doors and the party will begin. Here’s everything you need to…

We’re often asked about the history and origins of Art Conspiracy. As we enter our 9th year of Art Con, we have a lot of new faces and supporters in our midst — so maybe we do have some explaining to do. For example,…

Photo credit: Dylan Hollingsworth In a relatively short amount of time, Sarah Jaffe has progressed from local darling with an acoustic guitar to national act with tour budgets and late-night television appearances. It’s an unlikely rise for any artist, really, considering the elusive nature of commercial success. But…

Photo credit: George Salisbury New Fumes, the moniker of Dallas-based artist Daniel Huffman, isn’t merely music with visuals. It is a grand multimedia experiment borrowing the best from several avant garde movements of the last half-century. While these sonic collages at times resemble songs, they are…

“Vanessa Velasquez recently finds herself sketching out and then painting the landscapes and characters of her dreams. She is best described as a pop surrealist, but her imagination, work and goals as an artist shouldn’t necessarily be narrowed to one focus. The bottom line is,…

Inspired by 1920’s-era New Yorker Magazine writer, Lois Long, also known as Lipstick, Deb Doing Dallas is the nom de plume of a certain urban socialite who shall remain nameless. In providing commentary on her many exploits around the city of Dallas, she gives us a…

Michael Broussard finds inspiration everywhere… in light shining through trees, the way hair moves when you run a comb through it, concrete sidewalks jutting out from brick walls. Then he manipulates metal to recreate the light and textures he sees and experiences as he observes…

Photo credit: Shaina Hedlund “Music is the pulse or the heartbeat of the art world,” says Taylor Rae, vocalist/instrumentalist for Dallas dance-pop act, Zhora. Her outlook fits easily within the context of their specific brand of electronica—a swirly, organic thing with buzzing synth pads and blissed-out…